Casio EX-S7 vs Sony WX500

Below is a extensive analysis of the Casio EX-S7 versus Sony WX500, one being a Ultracompact and the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom by companies Casio and Sony. There exists a crucial gap between the resolutions of the EX-S7 (12MP) and WX500 (18MP) but they feature the exact same sensor dimensions (1/2.3").

Meta to Introduce 'AI-Generated' Labels for Media starting next month

The EX-S7 was introduced 6 years prior to the WX500 and that is quite a serious gap as far as technology is concerned. Both of the cameras come with different body type with the Casio EX-S7 being a Ultracompact camera and the Sony WX500 being a Compact camera.

Before going through a detailed comparison, below is a short summary of how the EX-S7 matches up versus the WX500 in the way of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pics for Casio Exilim EX-S7 and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX500. The whole galleries are available at Casio EX-S7 Gallery and Sony WX500 Gallery.

In case you're going to lug around your camera often, you'll need to consider its weight and volume. The Casio EX-S7 comes with outer dimensions of 97mm x 57mm x 20mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") along with a weight of 121 grams (0.27 lbs) while the Sony WX500 has sizing of 102mm x 58mm x 36mm (4.0" x 2.3" x 1.4") and a weight of 236 grams (0.52 lbs).

Check the Casio EX-S7 versus Sony WX500 in the new Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Keep in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will change dependant on the lens you are working with at the time. Here is the front view overall size comparison of the EX-S7 compared to the WX500.

Factoring in dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the EX-S7 and WX500 is 96 and 91 respectively.

Typically, its tough to visualize the contrast between sensor measurements only by looking at a spec sheet. The graphic below might offer you a stronger sense of the sensor sizes in the EX-S7 and WX500.

As you can see, both of the cameras posses the exact same sensor measurements but different resolution. You should expect to see the Sony WX500 to give you greater detail using its extra 6MP. Greater resolution will let you crop photos somewhat more aggressively. The older EX-S7 is going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sensor innovation.